Light field adapter for interchangeable lens cameras

ABSTRACT

A light-field adaptor for an interchangeable lens camera having an adaptor housing including a first end configured to be received in a mount interface of a camera and a second end configured to be coupled to a mount interface of an interchangeable lens, and a lens array disposed within the housing. The lens array includes a plurality of lenses disposed at a plurality of distances from the camera sensor and illuminates different areas of the sensor to capture information about the light field emanating from a scene. The lens array may be sized and positioned to use a captured light field to generate one or more of infinite—depth of field rendering, shallow depth of field rendering, and images focused at different scene depths.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to, and the benefit of, U.S.provisional patent application Ser. No. 62/581,107 filed on Nov. 3,2017, incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

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BACKGROUND 1. Technical Field

The technology of this disclosure pertains generally to camera optics,and more particularly to a light field adaptor for interchangeable lenscameras.

2. Background Discussion

In a typical light-field camera, an array of optically identicalmicro-lenses is inserted between the sensor and the main lens of thecamera. Images captured from the light field are very low resolution,narrow angle and require good illumination.

In the Adobe light-field camera, an array of optically identical lensesis inserted in front of the main lens. Images captured at slightlydifferent angles, which allows refocusing. However, the quality is notgood.

The L16 light-field camera by Light Company incorporates 10 or morecameras that fire simultaneously, capturing slightly differentperspectives of the same scene. The L16 camera chooses a combination ofits 28 mm, 70 mm, and 150 mm modules to use in each shot, depending onthe level of zoom. These individual shots are then computationally fusedtogether to create an incredibly high-resolution 52 MP photograph.

Accordingly, an object of the present description is an adapterconfigured to transform any interchangeable lens camera into a lightfield camera, instead of having an expensive specialized light fieldcamera.

BRIEF SUMMARY

An aspect of the present disclosure is a light-field adapter that canwork with multiple lenses and focus multiple images on one sensor. Inone embodiment, the light field adaptor is configured to be receivedbetween the camera and interchangeable lens, and comprises an array orlenses at different focal depth configured to illuminate the camerasensor to capture information about the light field emanating from ascene.

Further aspects of the technology described herein will be brought outin the following portions of the specification, wherein the detaileddescription is for the purpose of fully disclosing preferred embodimentsof the technology without placing limitations thereon.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The technology described herein will be more fully understood byreference to the following drawings which are for illustrative purposesonly:

FIG. 1 is side sectional view of a light-field adaptor forinterchangeable-lens cameras in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is front view of the light-field adaptor of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is side view of the light-field adaptor of FIG. 1 disposedbetween a camera and interchangeable lens.

FIG. 4 is side view of the light-field adaptor of FIG. 1 and secondaryadaptor in accordance with the present description.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1 is side sectional view of a light-field adaptor 10 forinterchangeable-lens cameras in accordance with the present disclosure.FIG. 2 shows a front view of the light-field adaptor 10.

Light-field adaptor 10 comprises an adaptor housing 12 configured forhousing a lens array 14. The adaptor housing 12 comprises a malereceiver 16 configured to be received into the female mount of a camerabody, and female receiver 18 configured to receive a male mount of aninterchangeable lens. Where appropriate the male receiver 16 maycomprise electrical contacts 22 for communicating with the camera andthe female receiver may have electrical contacts 24 for communicatingwith the interchangeable lens.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lens array 14 comprises an array of individuallenses 20 each configured to focus on a different part of the camerasensor, e.g. to generate a light-field affect. The lens array 20 maycomprise lenses of different focal length or zoom, e.g. 28 mm, 70 mm,and 150 mm modules to use in each shot.

In typical interchangeable lens cameras, lenses are generally onlyinterchangeable within the “mount system” for which they are built, asthere is almost no commonality between different camera makers regardinglens mount systems. The male receiver 16 and female receiver 18 may beconfigured to be compatible with various mount systems, such as the FourThirds System using either the M42 lens mount compatible with Leica,Nikon, Pentax, Canon, Zenit, Praktica, Fujica, or the M39 mount (alsoknown as LTM (Leica Thread Mount)) used by Leica and Contax and severalLeica copies.

The male receiver 16 and female receiver 18 may also be configured to becompatible with Canon EF and EFS lens mounts, Micro Four Thirds mountsdeveloped by Olympus and Panasonic, the Minolta A-mount system, and theNikon F-mount system.

FIG. 3 is side view of the light-field adaptor 10 of FIG. 1 disposedbetween a camera 30 and interchangeable lens 40. When installed, themale receiver 16 of adaptor 10 is received into the female mount 34 ofthe camera 32 body, and the female receiver 18 receives the male mount46 of the interchangeable lens 50. Where appropriate, the male receiver16 may comprise electrical contacts 22 configured to align when mountedwith the electrical contacts 36 of the camera 30, and the femalereceiver 18 may have electrical contacts 24 configured to align withelectrical contacts 44 of the interchangeable lens 40. Thus, contacts22/24 electrically couple the camera 30 with the lens 40 to allow forcommunication and power delivery between the two to drive lens 40autofocus, aperture control, zoom, sensing, or othercommands/operations.

As seen in FIG. 3, light entering the interchangeable lens 40 is shapedby lenses 42, and has a focal length D₁ and registration distance thatis generally a specified distance from male mount to the camera sensor32 plane. The lens array 14 is preferable positioned in the adaptorhousing 12 so as to be located near the focal plane of the lens 40. Thearray 14 of individual lenses 20 in array 14 are each configured tofocus on a different part of the camera sensor 32 at specified distanceD₂. Each of the lenses 20 in light-field array 14 may be configured tohave a different focal length or zoom to allow one or more of: superresolution (reconstruction of a higher-resolution image), infinite depthof field rendering (creation of all-in-focus image), shallow depth offield rendering (only object if interest is in focus), digitalrefocusing (generation of images focused at different scene depths)),depth map calculation from a single shot, and high-quality 3D imaging.

FIG. 4 is side view of the light-field adaptor 10 of FIG. 1 andsecondary adaptor 50 in accordance with the present description. Thesecondary adaptor 50 may comprise an adaptor housing 52 having aparticular size and accompanied with a female receiver 58 and malereceiver 62 (along with corresponding electrical contacts 56 and 60) toaccommodate mounts of varying lenses and cameras. The secondary adapter50 may include an additional optical element 54 to correct for variedregistration distances (the distance from the rear of the mount to thefocal plane on the image sensor 32). The secondary adaptor 50 may alsocomprise contacts 56/60 to match certain mount configurations tomitigate any potential loss of functionality (e.g. lack of autofocus orautomatic aperture control).

An alternative or additional secondary adaptor (not shown) may similarlybe located between adaptor 10 and interchangeable lens 40, and may beused in conjunction with or instead of adaptor 50. In thisconfiguration, the secondary adaptor would comprise a secondary adaptorhousing having a female receiver configured to mount to the male mountof the interchangeable lens 40 and male receiver configured to mount tothe female receiver of the light-field adaptor 10. This secondaryadaptor may also be configured to accommodate a specific mount interfaceof varying interchangeable lenses and corresponding cameras, andincorporate lenses and contacts 56/60 to match certain mountconfigurations to mitigate any potential loss of functionality (e.g.lack of autofocus or automatic aperture control).

The light-field adapter 10 may be configured to utilize all theapplications that are available for light field cameras, and have otheradditional advantages, including one or more of: super resolution(reconstruction of a higher-resolution image), infinite depth of fieldrendering (creation of all-in-focus image), shallow depth of fieldrendering (only object if interest is in focus), digital refocusing(generation of images focused at different scene depths), depth mapcalculation from a single shot, and high quality 3D imaging.

The light-field adaptor of the present description may be compatible forany lens, including telephoto lenses.

Embodiments of the present technology may be described herein withreference to flowchart illustrations of methods and systems according toembodiments of the technology, and/or procedures, algorithms, steps,operations, formulae, or other computational depictions, which may alsobe implemented as computer program products. In this regard, each blockor step of a flowchart, and combinations of blocks (and/or steps) in aflowchart, as well as any procedure, algorithm, step, operation,formula, or computational depiction can be implemented by various means,such as hardware, firmware, and/or software including one or morecomputer program instructions embodied in computer-readable programcode. As will be appreciated, any such computer program instructions maybe executed by one or more computer processors, including withoutlimitation a general-purpose computer or special purpose computer, orother programmable processing apparatus to produce a machine, such thatthe computer program instructions which execute on the computerprocessor(s) or other programmable processing apparatus create means forimplementing the function(s) specified.

Accordingly, blocks of the flowcharts, and procedures, algorithms,steps, operations, formulae, or computational depictions describedherein support combinations of means for performing the specifiedfunction(s), combinations of steps for performing the specifiedfunction(s), and computer program instructions, such as embodied incomputer-readable program code logic means, for performing the specifiedfunction(s). It will also be understood that each block of the flowchartillustrations, as well as any procedures, algorithms, steps, operations,formulae, or computational depictions and combinations thereof describedherein, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based computersystems which perform the specified function(s) or step(s), orcombinations of special purpose hardware and computer-readable programcode.

Furthermore, these computer program instructions, such as embodied incomputer-readable program code, may also be stored in one or morecomputer-readable memory or memory devices that can direct a computerprocessor or other programmable processing apparatus to function in aparticular manner, such that the instructions stored in thecomputer-readable memory or memory devices produce an article ofmanufacture including instruction means which implement the functionspecified in the block(s) of the flowchart(s). The computer programinstructions may also be executed by a computer processor or otherprogrammable processing apparatus to cause a series of operational stepsto be performed on the computer processor or other programmableprocessing apparatus to produce a computer-implemented process such thatthe instructions which execute on the computer processor or otherprogrammable processing apparatus provide steps for implementing thefunctions specified in the block(s) of the flowchart(s), procedure (s)algorithm(s), step(s), operation(s), formula(e), or computationaldepiction(s).

It will further be appreciated that the terms “programming” or “programexecutable” as used herein refer to one or more instructions that can beexecuted by one or more computer processors to perform one or morefunctions as described herein. The instructions can be embodied insoftware, in firmware, or in a combination of software and firmware. Theinstructions can be stored local to the device in non-transitory media,or can be stored remotely such as on a server, or all or a portion ofthe instructions can be stored locally and remotely. Instructions storedremotely can be downloaded (pushed) to the device by user initiation, orautomatically based on one or more factors.

It will further be appreciated that as used herein, that the termsprocessor, hardware processor, computer processor, central processingunit (CPU), and computer are used synonymously to denote a devicecapable of executing the instructions and communicating withinput/output interfaces and/or peripheral devices, and that the termsprocessor, hardware processor, computer processor, CPU, and computer areintended to encompass single or multiple devices, single core andmulticore devices, and variations thereof.

From the description herein, it will be appreciated that the presentdisclosure encompasses multiple embodiments which include, but are notlimited to, the following:

1. A light-field adaptor for an interchangeable lens camera, comprising:an adaptor housing comprising a first end configured to be received in amount interface of a camera and a second end configured to be coupled toa mount interface of an interchangeable lens; and a lens array disposedwithin the housing; and wherein the lens array comprises a plurality oflenses disposed at a plurality of distances from a sensor of the camerasuch that each of the plurality of lenses illuminate different areas ofa sensor to capture information about a light field emanating from ascene.

2. The light-field adaptor of any of the preceding or subsequentembodiments, wherein the adaptor housing comprises a male receiverconfigured to be received into the female mount of the camera body, andfemale receiver configured to receive a male mount of theinterchangeable lens.

3. The light-field adaptor of any of the preceding or subsequentembodiments wherein the male receiver comprises one or more electricalcontacts for communicating with the camera and the female receivercomprises one or more electrical contacts for communicating with theinterchangeable lens.

4. The light-field adaptor of any of the preceding or subsequentembodiments, wherein lens array is disposed at a location in the adaptorhousing corresponding to a registration distance of the interchangeablelens and camera sensor.

5. The light-field adaptor of any of the preceding or subsequentembodiments, wherein the plurality of lenses of the lens array areconfigured and positioned to focus on the camera sensor and the capturedlight field is used to generate a super-resolution image.

6. The light-field adaptor of any of the preceding or subsequentembodiments, wherein the plurality of lenses of the lens array areconfigured and positioned to use the captured light field to generateone or more of infinite—depth of field rendering, shallow depth of fieldrendering, and images focused at different scene depths.

7. The light-field adaptor of any of the preceding or subsequentembodiments, wherein the plurality of lenses of the lens array areconfigured and positioned to provide one or more of depth mapcalculation from a single shot, and high-quality 3D imaging.

8. The light-field adaptor of any of the preceding or subsequentembodiments, further comprising: a secondary adaptor comprising asecondary adaptor housing having a female receiver configured to mountto the male receiver of the adaptor housing and male receiver configuredto mount to the mount interface of the camera; wherein the secondaryadaptor is configured to accommodate a specific mount interface ofvarying interchangeable lenses and corresponding cameras.

9. The light-field adaptor of any of the preceding or subsequentembodiments, wherein the secondary adaptor housing comprises anadditional optical element configured to correct for varied registrationdistances interchangeable lenses and corresponding cameras.

10. The light-field adaptor of any of the preceding or subsequentembodiments wherein the secondary adaptor housing further comprises oneor more electrical contacts to match a specific mount configurationinherent to an interchangeable lens and corresponding camera.

11. The light-field adaptor of any of the preceding or subsequentembodiments, further comprising: a secondary adaptor comprising asecondary adaptor housing having a female receiver configured to mountto the male mount of interchangeable lens and male receiver configuredto mount to the female receiver of the light-field adaptor; wherein thesecondary adaptor is configured to accommodate a specific mountinterface of varying interchangeable lenses and corresponding cameras.

12. An apparatus for generating a light-field image on aninterchangeable lens camera, comprising: an adaptor housing comprising afirst end configured to be received in a mount interface of a camera anda second end configured to be coupled to a mount interface of aninterchangeable lens; a lens array disposed within the housing; andwherein the lens array comprises a plurality of lenses each configuredto variably illuminate a sensor of the camera to generate a light-fieldeffect on an image captured by the camera.

13. The apparatus of any of the preceding or subsequent embodiments,wherein the adaptor housing comprises a male receiver configured to bereceived into the female mount of the camera body, and female receiverconfigured to receive a male mount of the interchangeable lens.

14. The apparatus of any of the preceding or subsequent embodiments,wherein the male receiver comprises one or more electrical contacts forcommunicating with the camera and the female receiver comprises one ormore electrical contacts for communicating with the interchangeablelens.

15. The apparatus of any of the preceding or subsequent embodiments,wherein lens array is disposed at a location in the adaptor housingcorresponding to a registration distance of the interchangeable lens andcamera sensor.

16. The apparatus of any of the preceding or subsequent embodiments,wherein the plurality of lenses of the lens array are configured andpositioned to focus on the camera sensor, such that a resulting capturedlight field is used to generate a super-resolution image.

17. The apparatus of any of the preceding or subsequent embodiments,wherein the plurality of lenses of the lens array are configured andpositioned to provide one or more of infinite—depth of field rendering,shallow depth of field rendering, and images focused at different scenedepths.

18. The apparatus of any of the preceding or subsequent embodiments,wherein the plurality of lenses of the lens array are configured andpositioned to provide one or more of depth map calculation from a singleshot, and high-quality 3D imaging.

19. The apparatus of any of the preceding or subsequent embodiments,further comprising: a secondary adaptor comprising a secondary adaptorhousing having a female receiver configured to mount to the malereceiver of the adaptor housing and male receiver configured to mount tothe mount interface of the camera; wherein the secondary adaptor isconfigured to accommodate a specific mount interface of varyinginterchangeable lenses and corresponding cameras.

20. The apparatus of any of the preceding or subsequent embodiments,wherein the secondary adaptor housing comprises an additional opticalelement configured to correct for varied registration distancesinterchangeable lenses and corresponding cameras.

21. The apparatus of any of the preceding or subsequent embodiments,wherein the secondary adaptor housing further comprises one or moreelectrical contacts to match a specific mount configuration inherent toan interchangeable lens and corresponding camera.

22. The apparatus of any of the preceding or subsequent embodiments,further comprising: a secondary adaptor comprising a secondary adaptorhousing having a female receiver configured to mount to the male mountof the interchangeable lens and male receiver configured to mount to thefemale receiver of the light-field adaptor; wherein the secondaryadaptor is configured to accommodate a specific mount interface ofvarying interchangeable lenses and corresponding cameras.

As used herein, the singular terms “a,” “an,” and “the” may includeplural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.Reference to an object in the singular is not intended to mean “one andonly one” unless explicitly so stated, but rather “one or more.”

As used herein, the term “set” refers to a collection of one or moreobjects. Thus, for example, a set of objects can include a single objector multiple objects.

As used herein, the terms “substantially” and “about” are used todescribe and account for small variations. When used in conjunction withan event or circumstance, the terms can refer to instances in which theevent or circumstance occurs precisely as well as instances in which theevent or circumstance occurs to a close approximation. When used inconjunction with a numerical value, the terms can refer to a range ofvariation of less than or equal to ±10% of that numerical value, such asless than or equal to ±5%, less than or equal to ±4%, less than or equalto ±3%, less than or equal to ±2%, less than or equal to ±1%, less thanor equal to ±0.5%, less than or equal to ±0.1%, or less than or equal to±0.05%. For example, “substantially” aligned can refer to a range ofangular variation of less than or equal to ±10°, such as less than orequal to ±5°, less than or equal to ±4°, less than or equal to ±3°, lessthan or equal to ±2°, less than or equal to ±1°, less than or equal to±0.5°, less than or equal to ±0.1°, or less than or equal to ±0.05°.

Additionally, amounts, ratios, and other numerical values may sometimesbe presented herein in a range format. It is to be understood that suchrange format is used for convenience and brevity and should beunderstood flexibly to include numerical values explicitly specified aslimits of a range, but also to include all individual numerical valuesor sub-ranges encompassed within that range as if each numerical valueand sub-range is explicitly specified. For example, a ratio in the rangeof about 1 to about 200 should be understood to include the explicitlyrecited limits of about 1 and about 200, but also to include individualratios such as about 2, about 3, and about 4, and sub-ranges such asabout 10 to about 50, about 20 to about 100, and so forth.

Although the description herein contains many details, these should notbe construed as limiting the scope of the disclosure but as merelyproviding illustrations of some of the presently preferred embodiments.Therefore, it will be appreciated that the scope of the disclosure fullyencompasses other embodiments which may become obvious to those skilledin the art.

All structural and functional equivalents to the elements of thedisclosed embodiments that are known to those of ordinary skill in theart are expressly incorporated herein by reference and are intended tobe encompassed by the present claims. Furthermore, no element,component, or method step in the present disclosure is intended to bededicated to the public regardless of whether the element, component, ormethod step is explicitly recited in the claims. No claim element hereinis to be construed as a “means plus function” element unless the elementis expressly recited using the phrase “means for”. No claim elementherein is to be construed as a “step plus function” element unless theelement is expressly recited using the phrase “step for”.

What is claimed is:
 1. A light-field adaptor for an interchangeable lenscamera, comprising: an adaptor housing comprising a first end configuredto be received in a mount interface of a camera and a second endconfigured to be coupled to a mount interface of an interchangeablelens; and a lens array disposed within the housing; and wherein the lensarray comprises a plurality of lenses disposed at a plurality ofdistances from a sensor of the camera such that each of the plurality oflenses illuminate different areas of a sensor to capture informationabout a light field emanating from a scene.
 2. The light-field adaptorof claim 1, wherein the adaptor housing comprises a male receiverconfigured to be received into the female mount of the camera body, andfemale receiver configured to receive a male mount of theinterchangeable lens.
 3. The light-field adaptor of claim 2, wherein themale receiver comprises one or more electrical contacts forcommunicating with the camera and the female receiver comprises one ormore electrical contacts for communicating with the interchangeablelens.
 4. The light-field adaptor of claim 1, wherein lens array isdisposed at a location in the adaptor housing corresponding to aregistration distance of the interchangeable lens and camera sensor. 5.The light-field adaptor of claim 1, wherein the plurality of lenses ofthe lens array are configured and positioned to focus on the camerasensor and the captured light field is used to generate asuper-resolution image.
 6. The light-field adaptor of claim 1, whereinthe plurality of lenses of the lens array are configured and positionedto use the captured light field to generate one or more ofinfinite—depth of field rendering, shallow depth of field rendering, andimages focused at different scene depths.
 7. The light-field adaptor ofclaim 1, wherein the plurality of lenses of the lens array areconfigured and positioned to provide one or more of depth mapcalculation from a single shot, and high-quality 3D imaging.
 8. Thelight-field adaptor of claim 2, further comprising: a secondary adaptorcomprising a secondary adaptor housing having a female receiverconfigured to mount to the male receiver of the adaptor housing and malereceiver configured to mount to the mount interface of the camera;wherein the secondary adaptor is configured to accommodate a specificmount interface of varying interchangeable lenses and correspondingcameras.
 9. The light-field adaptor of claim 8, wherein the secondaryadaptor housing comprises an additional optical element configured tocorrect for varied registration distances interchangeable lenses andcorresponding cameras.
 10. The light-field adaptor of claim 8, whereinthe secondary adaptor housing further comprises one or more electricalcontacts to match a specific mount configuration inherent to aninterchangeable lens and corresponding camera.
 11. The light-fieldadaptor of claim 2, further comprising: a secondary adaptor comprising asecondary adaptor housing having a female receiver configured to mountto the male mount of interchangeable lens and male receiver configuredto mount to the female receiver of the light-field adaptor; wherein thesecondary adaptor is configured to accommodate a specific mountinterface of varying interchangeable lenses and corresponding cameras.12. An apparatus for generating a light-field image on aninterchangeable lens camera, comprising: an adaptor housing comprising afirst end configured to be received in a mount interface of a camera anda second end configured to be coupled to a mount interface of aninterchangeable lens; a lens array disposed within the housing; andwherein the lens array comprises a plurality of lenses each configuredto variably illuminate a sensor of the camera to generate a light-fieldeffect on an image captured by the camera.
 13. The apparatus of claim12, wherein the adaptor housing comprises a male receiver configured tobe received into the female mount of the camera body, and femalereceiver configured to receive a male mount of the interchangeable lens.14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the male receiver comprises oneor more electrical contacts for communicating with the camera and thefemale receiver comprises one or more electrical contacts forcommunicating with the interchangeable lens.
 15. The apparatus of claim12, wherein lens array is disposed at a location in the adaptor housingcorresponding to a registration distance of the interchangeable lens andcamera sensor.
 16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the plurality oflenses of the lens array are configured and positioned to focus on thecamera sensor, such that a resulting captured light field is used togenerate a super-resolution image.
 17. The apparatus of claim 12,wherein the plurality of lenses of the lens array are configured andpositioned to provide one or more of infinite—depth of field rendering,shallow depth of field rendering, and images focused at different scenedepths.
 18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the plurality of lensesof the lens array are configured and positioned to provide one or moreof depth map calculation from a single shot, and high-quality 3Dimaging.
 19. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: a secondaryadaptor comprising a secondary adaptor housing having a female receiverconfigured to mount to the male receiver of the adaptor housing and malereceiver configured to mount to the mount interface of the camera;wherein the secondary adaptor is configured to accommodate a specificmount interface of varying interchangeable lenses and correspondingcameras.
 20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the secondary adaptorhousing comprises an additional optical element configured to correctfor varied registration distances interchangeable lenses andcorresponding cameras.
 21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein thesecondary adaptor housing further comprises one or more electricalcontacts to match a specific mount configuration inherent to aninterchangeable lens and corresponding camera.
 22. The apparatus ofclaim 13, further comprising: a secondary adaptor comprising a secondaryadaptor housing having a female receiver configured to mount to the malemount of the interchangeable lens and male receiver configured to mountto the female receiver of the light-field adaptor; wherein the secondaryadaptor is configured to accommodate a specific mount interface ofvarying interchangeable lenses and corresponding cameras.